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Science-Based Medicine is dedicated to evaluating medical treatments and products of interest to the public in a scientific light, and promoting the highest standards and traditions of science in health care.

All the contributors are medically trained, and their articles are evidence-based and include links to references. A great resource to dig into the science behind the headlines and to get credible insight into alternative medicine.

The mission of HealthNewsReview.org is to improve the public dialogue about health care by helping consumers critically analyze claims about health care interventions and by promoting the principles of shared decision-making reinforced by accurate, balanced and complete information about the tradeoffs involved in health care decisions. HealthNewsReview.org evaluates health care journalism, advertising, marketing, public relations and other messages that may influence consumers and provides criteria that consumers can use to evaluate these messages themselves. Improving the quality and flow of health care news and information to consumers can be a significant step towards meaningful health care reform.

The site provides insightful reviews of news releases as well as provide resources for journalists to better report on scientific discoveries. Be sure to check out their toolkit for tips on how to better understand research and studies.

To provide, for the benefit of the public and policymakers, accurate and evidence-based information about science and engineering through the media, particularly on controversial and headline news stories when most confusion and misinformation occurs.

The Science Media Centre is an independent press office that provides round-ups and reactions of experts to science new releases and summaries of what the paper in question claims. They also provide fact sheets summarizing new areas of emerging science.

The NHS Behind The Headlines website provides up to date analyses of the latest health news. The analyses undergo internal peer review and are read and approved by a senior clinician, ensuring that conclusions are medically safe.

Research the Headlines addresses the way in which research is discussed and portrayed in the media. Each post will take recent media coverage of a piece of research as a starting point, and will allow readers to get to a better understanding of what was really done, and what it might mean for them, from an expert but independent position. The blog is intended to be of interest to those with and without any training in research.

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